. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 12, 1912.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 367 Trevera on the Lizard Road, a desolate spot adjacent to, or rather forming part of, a farm, a hive attracted my attention, and the owner, a Mr. Pope, informed me that bees had been on his farm for tliirty years. I promised him to return next year (when I shall hope to be cleverer in manipulat- ing bees), and remove the combs and honey for him. Having read an article on bee-keeping by a Mr. Staplet-on, of Church Town, Gwinear Road, .1 determined to visit his apiary, and was well repaid for my tr
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 12, 1912.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 367 Trevera on the Lizard Road, a desolate spot adjacent to, or rather forming part of, a farm, a hive attracted my attention, and the owner, a Mr. Pope, informed me that bees had been on his farm for tliirty years. I promised him to return next year (when I shall hope to be cleverer in manipulat- ing bees), and remove the combs and honey for him. Having read an article on bee-keeping by a Mr. Staplet-on, of Church Town, Gwinear Road, .1 determined to visit his apiary, and was well repaid for my trouble by the information he gave me. If there were more men like him, apiculture in Cornwall would make giant strides for- in curing them, and since then finds that "prevention is better than ; Surely, in the near future, we shall hear more of Mr. Stapleton and his methods! My children at last induced me to continue our walk across Phillack Towans to Carbis Bay, a delightful ramble, but if I had been alone I should have remained in Gwinear Church Town "talking bees" with Mr. Stapleton.—M. de A., New Maiden. HOMES OP THE HONEY BEE. APIARIES OF OUR READERS. Manjr readers will envy Mr. Varty the delightful situation of his apiary shown below. He gives an interesting account. MR. B. VARTY S APIARY, DISEWORTH, DERBY. Mard. We found his apiary without diffi- culty, about a mile distant from Gwinear Road Station, ninety hives occu23ying the small garden in front of his cottage. Mr. Stapleton received us with the usual Cornish friendliness, and for an hour we "talked bees ; I found that he supplies hives, bees, &c., at a cheap rate, and looks after the bees for two years after their purchase! Imagine the immense advantage to the purchaser; they become a delight instead of an anxiety, and often a worry to the novice. After twenty-five years' study and spending £50 on experi- ments, Mr. Stapleton claims to have found out an infallible cure f
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